Islam may be problematic, but Muslims are NOT the enemy. Even if you do not respect Islam (for something founded and justified) it is irrational to blame everyone who grows up in an Islamic culture, or label them as enemies. There are plenty of Muslims who are skeptical about religious literalism. We're much better off treating them as friends, and let them come to their own conclusions, as much as we can.
One would think that in a country that straddles the equator businesses would lighten up on the dress code!
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and this is going to be adapted to a culture where blasphemy is still punishable by death? Where Jews are reviled, some of the very writers of the show? Where women are often kept at home if they do not have a man from the family escorting them? What about all the kissing scenes and sexual innuendo - will the female characters involved be honor-killed?
European countries have subsidies in place that encourage wind energy investment. In the US, the subsidy expires every 2 years, which creates a lot of uncertainty in the industry. Investors wait for the subsidy to be renewed before investing, hence a boom-crash cycle; we were in a boom from 2000-2002 or so, and now we are in a crash. Since alternative energy does not rate in Darth Cheney's America, the subsidy has expired.
It is worth noting the US is subsidizing oil on a massive scale, to the tune of hundreds of billions per year. What portion of our military budget is devoted to securing access to oil? How many huge tax breaks do the big oil companies push through? If we subsidized alternative energy like we do oil, we would be leading the world. The problems of of renewables (higher cost and energy storage) can be solved. But, of course, there is no imagination emanating from Washington right now. That's what you get when the president does not retain advisors who disagree with him, and cannot speak coherently, think rationally, or engage in a moment of self-reflection.
The attitude I try to take is this: the work will be there tomorrow. If you get complaints about how trouble tickets are not cleared fast enough, make your case that there is not enough of you to go around. Set an expectation about the hours you are willing to work. If a critical system is offline, make an exception, but if there is a problem that inconveniences one person, let 'em wait.
I do not yet have a family but I have found brandishing an imaginary one wards off panhandlers in the streets of San Francisco like a charm, as in "I've got my own family to take care of". Think of the people you support like they were panhandlers - at least when they make unreasonable requests!
If this thread is not a joke, I've got to compliment this family on its excellent grammar. I work at a childrens' museum and see a lot of writing by teens. It is by and large God-awful. It will be a wonder if these mushmouthed semi-literate troglodytes do not completely upend civilzation. Not the Sid Meier game, either.
My girlfriend's roomate has a laptop that the whole house uses. It is miserably infested. I have been progressively cleaning it up and teaching them what to do to keep it that way.
These girls tend to hang around the house in varying states of undress. I'm very happy to support them!
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Has anyone considered the energy cost of this? If you require billions of CPUs to do pointless calculations ala SETI@home, is this not increasing energy use at every node on the network that sends mail? How many barrels of oil more are we going to burn through to implement this?
Do a little every day, or you're a bum.
This is something my grandmother told my father when he was courting my mother. He showed up unshaven and she did not approve.
If you look upon this code, it will cause a snow crash of your brain and any internet explorer browser will send commands directly to your brainstem...as will hax0rs.
I cannot see Russia grabbing so many jobs. Doing business in a country like Russia is extremely difficult. Consider the rampant gangsterism, alcoholism, and an economy choked by industrial-revolution era robber barons. Unless Russia straightens out their problems they will not amount to much in the world economy.
Anyone who cannot simultaneously consider the position of every logic gate and every memory register has NO business being in the same time zone as a computer.
It has come to our attention that you have need of a modren computer of the protable varietal. I HUMBLY REPRESENT THE OFFICES OF THE DELL WHO HAVE IN OUR POSSESSION A SPECIAL PRICING IN ORDER TO DELIVER MODREN COMPUTERS OF THE PROTABLE FOR A MERE ONE HUNDRED US DOLLARS ($100.00). PLEASE FIND ATTACHED THIS QUOTE WHICH I AM SURE YOU WILL REMAIN IN THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE.
College is about getting laid, silly! Make it your first priority. You will never be in this situation again, surrounded by hot young people. Take the classes that will give you access to the people you are interested in. If you like kinky complex girls, take sociology and women's studies. If you prefer the more conservative type, go with psych. If you are looking for the cheerleaders, go communications. If you are a girl (I'm guessing you are not but I could be wrong), you should have no problem doing the same sort of calculation for your needs.
Don't miss college. Trust me, I know what I am talking about. If you are a tech savvy high school kid, you will have little problem in the job market. Just make sure you use condoms. In college, not in the job market.
I think I am going to eat 22,000 chickens and turkeys over the course of my life. Honestly, if wind energy results in the extinction of 10% of the world's bird species, it would STILL be worth it. In the end the "avoid spinning blades" gene would spread throughout bird populations. This "carnage" is tiny and has no chance of causing serious problems, even if the whole world was dotted with wind farms.
I believe the budgetary constraints of the Vietnam war choked the moon program and racked up deficits that were for the time considered severe. Cutting the moon program was a response to the budgetary situation. Wait a minute...we pulled out of 'Nam in '73, and the last moon landing happened in '74 (AFAIK, I'm not going to google all this). But still I recall reading about the federal budget mess affecting all this. Maybe we should de-orbit the space station over Saddam's hideout, kill two birds with one stone? Then we'd have the budget to get our aass to Maars....
There has already been mention of both trilogy's backstories. I feel that it is worth mentioning that LOTR's backstory is epic, and The Matrix's backstory (the Animatrix) is CRAP. Did you watch that idiotic thing about the machines founding a city called "01" in Iraq? It was so insulting, so phoned in, that it left me wondering why they didn't bother even trying.
Now I'll admit that the bulk of The Silmarillion is difficult to read, particularly the story of the Elves' battle with Morgoth (the first age). The idea of the story was solid, though, and the references to it in LOTR work incredibly well. In fact it is widely recognized as a groundbreaking work of literature for good reason. The story of Numenor (the second age) was gripping. In fact, I wish Peter Jackson would make another epic trilogy based on that. Can you imagine how much better it would be than the latest Star Wars, where we watched George Lucas, surrounded by sycophantic yes-men, defacate on his legacy.
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This site is all about those weaselwords. That feeling you have that there is something wrong with this kind of language - go with it.
Islam may be problematic, but Muslims are NOT the enemy. Even if you do not respect Islam (for something founded and justified) it is irrational to blame everyone who grows up in an Islamic culture, or label them as enemies. There are plenty of Muslims who are skeptical about religious literalism. We're much better off treating them as friends, and let them come to their own conclusions, as much as we can.
What is the difference between a "price point" and a "price" or "cost"? Could it also say "the price point remains identically the same?
Right on. Wired is the most hyperbolic excuse for journalism that ever existed, anywhere, throughout history. Quijybo
One would think that in a country that straddles the equator businesses would lighten up on the dress code!
and this is going to be adapted to a culture where blasphemy is still punishable by death? Where Jews are reviled, some of the very writers of the show? Where women are often kept at home if they do not have a man from the family escorting them? What about all the kissing scenes and sexual innuendo - will the female characters involved be honor-killed?
European countries have subsidies in place that encourage wind energy investment. In the US, the subsidy expires every 2 years, which creates a lot of uncertainty in the industry. Investors wait for the subsidy to be renewed before investing, hence a boom-crash cycle; we were in a boom from 2000-2002 or so, and now we are in a crash. Since alternative energy does not rate in Darth Cheney's America, the subsidy has expired. It is worth noting the US is subsidizing oil on a massive scale, to the tune of hundreds of billions per year. What portion of our military budget is devoted to securing access to oil? How many huge tax breaks do the big oil companies push through? If we subsidized alternative energy like we do oil, we would be leading the world. The problems of of renewables (higher cost and energy storage) can be solved. But, of course, there is no imagination emanating from Washington right now. That's what you get when the president does not retain advisors who disagree with him, and cannot speak coherently, think rationally, or engage in a moment of self-reflection.
The attitude I try to take is this: the work will be there tomorrow. If you get complaints about how trouble tickets are not cleared fast enough, make your case that there is not enough of you to go around. Set an expectation about the hours you are willing to work. If a critical system is offline, make an exception, but if there is a problem that inconveniences one person, let 'em wait. I do not yet have a family but I have found brandishing an imaginary one wards off panhandlers in the streets of San Francisco like a charm, as in "I've got my own family to take care of". Think of the people you support like they were panhandlers - at least when they make unreasonable requests!
If this thread is not a joke, I've got to compliment this family on its excellent grammar. I work at a childrens' museum and see a lot of writing by teens. It is by and large God-awful. It will be a wonder if these mushmouthed semi-literate troglodytes do not completely upend civilzation. Not the Sid Meier game, either.
My girlfriend's roomate has a laptop that the whole house uses. It is miserably infested. I have been progressively cleaning it up and teaching them what to do to keep it that way. These girls tend to hang around the house in varying states of undress. I'm very happy to support them!
You're the duke of New York, you're A#1!
Has anyone considered the energy cost of this? If you require billions of CPUs to do pointless calculations ala SETI@home, is this not increasing energy use at every node on the network that sends mail? How many barrels of oil more are we going to burn through to implement this?
Do a little every day, or you're a bum. This is something my grandmother told my father when he was courting my mother. He showed up unshaven and she did not approve.
If you look upon this code, it will cause a snow crash of your brain and any internet explorer browser will send commands directly to your brainstem...as will hax0rs.
I cannot see Russia grabbing so many jobs. Doing business in a country like Russia is extremely difficult. Consider the rampant gangsterism, alcoholism, and an economy choked by industrial-revolution era robber barons. Unless Russia straightens out their problems they will not amount to much in the world economy.
Anyone who cannot simultaneously consider the position of every logic gate and every memory register has NO business being in the same time zone as a computer.
It has come to our attention that you have need of a modren computer of the protable varietal. I HUMBLY REPRESENT THE OFFICES OF THE DELL WHO HAVE IN OUR POSSESSION A SPECIAL PRICING IN ORDER TO DELIVER MODREN COMPUTERS OF THE PROTABLE FOR A MERE ONE HUNDRED US DOLLARS ($100.00). PLEASE FIND ATTACHED THIS QUOTE WHICH I AM SURE YOU WILL REMAIN IN THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE.
College is about getting laid, silly! Make it your first priority. You will never be in this situation again, surrounded by hot young people. Take the classes that will give you access to the people you are interested in. If you like kinky complex girls, take sociology and women's studies. If you prefer the more conservative type, go with psych. If you are looking for the cheerleaders, go communications. If you are a girl (I'm guessing you are not but I could be wrong), you should have no problem doing the same sort of calculation for your needs. Don't miss college. Trust me, I know what I am talking about. If you are a tech savvy high school kid, you will have little problem in the job market. Just make sure you use condoms. In college, not in the job market.
I think I am going to eat 22,000 chickens and turkeys over the course of my life. Honestly, if wind energy results in the extinction of 10% of the world's bird species, it would STILL be worth it. In the end the "avoid spinning blades" gene would spread throughout bird populations. This "carnage" is tiny and has no chance of causing serious problems, even if the whole world was dotted with wind farms.
Personally I found S3 with the crashed alien spaceship to be a lousy module. Bring back the village of Orlane!
Shai-hulud.... First you get the spice, then you see the future, then you get the women.
I believe the budgetary constraints of the Vietnam war choked the moon program and racked up deficits that were for the time considered severe. Cutting the moon program was a response to the budgetary situation. Wait a minute...we pulled out of 'Nam in '73, and the last moon landing happened in '74 (AFAIK, I'm not going to google all this). But still I recall reading about the federal budget mess affecting all this. Maybe we should de-orbit the space station over Saddam's hideout, kill two birds with one stone? Then we'd have the budget to get our aass to Maars....
There has already been mention of both trilogy's backstories. I feel that it is worth mentioning that LOTR's backstory is epic, and The Matrix's backstory (the Animatrix) is CRAP. Did you watch that idiotic thing about the machines founding a city called "01" in Iraq? It was so insulting, so phoned in, that it left me wondering why they didn't bother even trying.
Now I'll admit that the bulk of The Silmarillion is difficult to read, particularly the story of the Elves' battle with Morgoth (the first age). The idea of the story was solid, though, and the references to it in LOTR work incredibly well. In fact it is widely recognized as a groundbreaking work of literature for good reason. The story of Numenor (the second age) was gripping. In fact, I wish Peter Jackson would make another epic trilogy based on that. Can you imagine how much better it would be than the latest Star Wars, where we watched George Lucas, surrounded by sycophantic yes-men, defacate on his legacy.
Most common user of operating system is monkey, not human!
Now that'sa nicea computer!